Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

44 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

1. Vignali, Dario Aa

   Leads 4 awards · $3,149,205

   • 5P01AI108545-05Department: NIH department code

     Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer and antiviral immunity
     $2,188,670

     award amount
   • 5R01DK089125-07Department: NIH department code

     Parameters that Underlie Treg Insufficiency in Autoimmune Diabetes
     $387,436

     award amount
   • 5R01CA203689-10Department: NIH department code

     Interleukin-35 and the tumor microenvironment
     $379,567

     award amount
   • 5T32CA082084-19Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Immunology Training Program
     $193,532

     award amount

2. Shlomchik, Mark J

   Leads 4 awards · $1,803,178

   • 5R01AI043603-19Department: NIH department code

     Murine Memory B Cell Development and Function
     $577,514

     award amount
   • 5T32AI089443-10Department: NIH department code

     Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
     $454,464

     award amount
   • 5R37AI118841-04Department: NIH department code

     Investigating How TLR7 Activates and TLR9 Regulates Systemic Autoimmunity
     $388,425

     award amount
   • 5R01AI137132-02Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Repertoires and Functions of T Cells that Help Autoreactive B Cells in Lupus
     $382,775

     award amount

3. Gao, Shou-Jiang

   Leads 5 awards · $1,650,103

   • 5R01DE025465-06Department: NIH department code

     HISTONE MODIFIERS IN ORAL KSHV INFECTION AND MALIGNANCIES
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 5R01CA096512-13Department: NIH department code

     Cell model for KSHV Infection and Genetic Manipulation
     $379,512

     award amount
   • 5R01CA197153-06Department: NIH department code

     Targeting KSHV malignancies and persistent infection
     $347,253

     award amount
   • 5R01CA132637-12Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of KSHV-induced angiogenesis
     $342,391

     award amount
   • 5R01CA213275-04Department: NIH department code

     KSHV microRNAs in tumor invasion and angiogenesis
     $189,697

     award amount

4. Ambrose, Zandrea

   Leads 2 awards · $1,582,526

   • 5R01AI134195-03Department: NIH department code

     Influence of SIV replication on TB progression and immunity
     $1,029,305

     award amount
   • 5R01AI116276-05Department: NIH department code

     Visualization of in vivo HIV-1 vaginal transmission in the presence and absence of PrEP
     $553,221

     award amount

5. Smithgall, Thomas E.

   Leads 4 awards · $1,575,439

   • 2R56AI102724-06Department: NIH department code

     Structural Biology of HIV-1 Nef with Host Effectors and Small Molecule Inhibitors
     $467,658

     award amount
   • 1R01CA233576-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Precision Targeting of Myeloid Src-family Kinases in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
     $435,632

     award amount
   • 5R01AI057083-14Department: NIH department code

     Small Molecule Inhibitors of HIV Nef Signaling
     $385,000

     award amount
   • 1S10OD025011-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Lumina S5 Imaging System for Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
     $287,149

     award amount

6. Apetrei, Cristian

   Leads 2 awards · $1,430,218

   • 5R01AI119346-05Department: NIH department code

     Animal Model for Testing SIV Latency Reversal Strategies
     $734,167

     award amount
   • 5R01DK119936-02Department: NIH department code

     New Strategy to Improve Gastrointestinal Health in SIV/HIV
     $696,051

     award amount

7. Ndhlovu, Lishomwa C

   Leads 1 award · $1,301,851

   • 1R01AI142662-01Department: NIH department code

     Effects of HIV SIV on unconventional T cells in immunity to M. tuberculosis in pre adolescents
     $1,301,851

     award amount

8. Bomberger, Jennifer Melinda

   Leads 3 awards · $1,160,275

   • 4R33HL137077-03Department: NIH department code

     Impact of virome on microbial communities in the respiratory tract
     $759,025

     award amount
   • 1R01HL142587-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Polymicrobial interactions in the respiratory tract
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 1R13DK121517-01Department: NIH department code

     Epithelial Transport Group (ETG) sessions at Experimental Biology (EB)
     $10,000

     award amount

9. Flynn, Joanne L.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,048,463

   • 5R01AI114674-05Department: NIH department code

     The Consequences of Reinfection with M. tuberculosis
     $730,762

     award amount
   • 5T32AI060525-14Department: NIH department code

     Immunology of Infectious Disease
     $317,701

     award amount

10. Guo, Haitao

    Leads 3 awards · $1,035,592

    • 7R01AI110762-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of HBV cccDNA Formation
      $362,512

      award amount
    • 7R01AI134818-03Department: NIH department code

      The Role of HBeAg in HBV Persistence
      $358,864

      award amount
    • 7R01AI123271-04Department: NIH department code

      Development of an HTS Assay for Discovery of HBV cccDNA Inhibitors
      $314,216

      award amount

11. Moore, Patrick S.

    Leads 1 award · $903,431

    • 5R35CA197463-04Department: NIH department code

      Discovery and Characterization of New Human Cancer Viruses
      $903,431

      award amount

12. Finn, Olivera J

    Leads 1 award · $870,445

    • 5R35CA210039-04Department: NIH department code

      Immunoprevention and immunosurveillance of human non-viral cancers
      $870,445

      award amount

13. Bernstein, Kara A

    Leads 2 awards · $842,586

    • 5R01ES024872-05Department: NIH department code

      Replication fork dynamics and repair by Rad51 paralogues after DNA alkylation
      $510,547

      award amount
    • 1R01ES030335-01Department: NIH department code

      Replication fork dynamics and repair by Rad51 paralogs after DNA alkylation
      $332,039

      award amount

14. Scanga, Charles A.

    Leads 1 award · $740,051

    • 5R01AI111815-05Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Pre-exisiting SIV on Host Immunity to M tuberculosis in Macaques
      $740,051

      award amount

15. Mariuzza, Roy A

    Leads 1 award · $726,102

    • 1R01AI144422-01Department: NIH department code

      Structure, Function and Mechanistic Analysis of LAG3
      $726,102

      award amount

16. Ehrt, Sabine

    Leads 1 award · $721,271

    • 1R01AI143788-01Department: NIH department code

      Development of a Self Inactivating, Highly Effective TB Vaccine
      $721,271

      award amount

17. Deluca, Neal A.

    Leads 2 awards · $702,050

    • 5R01AI030612-24Department: NIH department code

      Virus-cell interactions affecting HSV gene expression
      $506,425

      award amount
    • 1R21AI143179-01Department: NIH department code

      Function of virion-associated ICP4 in HSV-1 infection
      $195,625

      award amount

18. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 2 awards · $620,972

    • 5R01AI019844-36Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of action of C. perfringens enterotoxin
      $385,859

      award amount
    • 5R21AI140010-02Department: NIH department code

      Evaluating the Clostridium perfringens Agr-like Quorum Sensing System as a Therapeutic Target
      $235,113

      award amount

19. Bina, James Edward

    Leads 2 awards · $563,036

    • 5R01AI132460-02Department: NIH department code

      Environmental adaptation by Vibrio cholerae
      $375,995

      award amount
    • 1R21AI141934-01Department: NIH department code

      Function of the Vibrio cholerae RND efflux systems
      $187,041

      award amount

20. Klimstra, William B

    Leads 1 award · $505,741

    • 5R01AI095436-07Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of eastern equine encephalitis virus pathogenesis
      $505,741

      award amount

21. D'cruz, Louise M.

    Leads 2 awards · $464,980

    • 5R21AI135238-02Department: NIH department code

      The function of MFSD2A on CD8+ T cells in the immune response
      $233,055

      award amount
    • 5R21AI135406-02Department: NIH department code

      Determining the proteomic differences that define CD8+ memory T cell recall response
      $231,925

      award amount

22. Thomas, Gary

    Leads 1 award · $410,521

    • 5R01DK112844-03Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of PPAR alpha by PACS-2 in response to nutrient stress
      $410,521

      award amount

23. Sarkar, Saumendra N

    Leads 1 award · $400,401

    • 5R01AI118896-05Department: NIH department code

      Differential modulation of RIG-I and cGAS signaling by OASL and its role in antiviral response.
      $400,401

      award amount

24. Schmidt, Martin C

    Leads 1 award · $396,167

    • 5R01GM046443-26Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of glucose signal transduction in yeast
      $396,167

      award amount

25. Richardson, Anthony R.

    Leads 1 award · $395,507

    • 5R01AI093613-09Department: NIH department code

      The Metabolic Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus
      $395,507

      award amount

26. Kane, Lawrence P.

    Leads 1 award · $388,425

    • 5R01AI138504-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of T cell activation and exhaustion by Tim-3
      $388,425

      award amount

27. Morel, Penelope Anne

    Leads 1 award · $388,425

    • 5R01AI125513-02Department: NIH department code

      Akt controls alternative splicing in T helper call fate decisions
      $388,425

      award amount

28. Glorioso, Joseph C.

    Leads 1 award · $387,727

    • 5R01CA222804-02Department: NIH department code

      Arming Oncolytic HSV Vectors to Induce Anti-GBM Immune Responses in Syngeneic Mice
      $387,727

      award amount

29. Borghesi, Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $386,730

    • 1R01AI145064-01Department: NIH department code

      B cell population structure in mouse and man
      $386,730

      award amount

30. Lakdawala, Seema S.

    Leads 1 award · $382,409

    • 5R01AI139063-02Department: NIH department code

      Visualization of Influenza Viral RNA Assembly
      $382,409

      award amount

31. Li Song

    Leads 1 award · $355,409

    • 1R01CA239716-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Study of Interleukin 33 as a new immunotherapy of lung cancer
      $355,409

      award amount

32. Thibodeau, Patrick H

    Leads 1 award · $309,384

    • 5R01GM122091-03Department: NIH department code

      Altered biosynthesis and function of ABCC6 in systemic mineralization disorders
      $309,384

      award amount

33. Cooper, Vaughn

    Leads 1 award · $268,145

    • 5R01GM110444-06Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of adaptive diversity in Burkholderia biofilms
      $268,145

      award amount

34. Delgoffe, Greg M.

    Leads 1 award · $198,785

    • 5R21AI135367-02Department: NIH department code

      Illuminating metabolic pathways enabled by early T cell activation
      $198,785

      award amount

35. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $197,245

    • 5R21AI132875-02Department: NIH department code

      Heat shock protein gp96 and Treg responses
      $197,245

      award amount

36. Nickerson, Kevin

    Leads 1 award · $191,020

    • 1R21AI141938-01Department: NIH department code

      Age-Associated B cells in Autoimmune Lupus
      $191,020

      award amount

37. Dembowski, Jill Ann

    Leads 1 award · $176,543

    • 5R21AI137652-02Department: NIH department code

      Functions of histones and chromatin remodeling complexes in productive HSV-1 infection
      $176,543

      award amount

38. Lu, Binfeng

    Leads 1 award · $165,087

    • 5R21CA216574-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting IL-33 to boost immunotherapy of cancer
      $165,087

      award amount

39. Gottschalk, Rachel A

    Leads 1 award · $105,498

    • 5K22AI127367-02Department: NIH department code

      Quantitative control of macrophage signaling and inflammation thresholds
      $105,498

      award amount

40. Miller, Michelle L

    Leads 1 award · $63,746

    • 1F32CA236457-01Department: NIH department code

      Effector mechanisms and therapeutic potential of MUC1 vaccine-elicited human antibodies
      $63,746

      award amount

41. Chuckran, Christopher

    Leads 1 award · $45,016

    • 1F31CA243168-01Department: NIH department code

      Neuropilin-1 Stabilizes Human Tregs in Cancer Patients Thereby Enhancing Suppressive Function
      $45,016

      award amount

42. Dadey, Rebekah

    Leads 1 award · $45,016

    • 1F31CA236337-01A1Department: NIH department code

      IFN-y drives Treg fragility through DNA methylation of the Treg-specific de-methylated regions
      $45,016

      award amount

43. Dremel, Sarah

    Leads 1 award · $45,016

    • 5F31AI136251-02Department: NIH department code

      Cis- and Trans-Acting Requirements for HSV-1 Late Gene Transcription
      $45,016

      award amount

44. Grebinoski, Stephanie

    Leads 1 award · $45,016

    • 1F31AI147638-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating a disintegrin and metalloproteinase-mediated Neuropilin 1 cleavage in autoimmune diabetes
      $45,016

      award amount